Spin diffusion/transport in n-type GaAs quantum well

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Cheng, J L ^a   Wu, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPIN DENSITY WAVES; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ELECTRON-ELECTRON COULOMB SCATTERING; KINETIC SPIN BLOCH EQUATIONS; SPIN DIFFUSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 34247234005     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2717526     Document Type: Article

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